According to authorities in several states, 28-year-old Alex Deaton is accused of shooting at least five people in three states and fatally strangling his girlfriend. Here’s what we know about the suspect and his recent crime spree.

On Friday, authorities say Deaton shot a woman jogging. The bullet went through the woman’s leg and she was treated at a local hospital.

Deaton is believed to have taken off to Tulsa, Oklahoma in his girlfriend’s SUV.

What happened in New Mexico?

On Tuesday night, Sandoval County Sheriff’s deputies say Deaton jumped out of bushes near the La Luz trail-head and forced a man and woman into the trunk of their car.

The couple was able to escape using the trunk’s emergency release. But when they emerged, officials say Deaton shot the man and took off with the woman.

He took the woman to a home in nearby neighborhood where he stole another car and took off.

The woman was able to escape Deaton near Central and Tramway.

The man shot was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

What happened next:

Early Wednesday morning Deaton was spotted by law enforcement in Pratt City, Kansas.

"They pursued him and used stop sticks, but he was able to lose them on foot," Rankin County Undersheriff Raymond Duke told WAPT. "He went to a convenience store, robbed the clerk at gunpoint, took the keys to his Cadillac and shot the clerk, who is in critical condition now."

A trooper spotted Deaton about 8 a.m. driving the stolen black 2004 Cadillac CTS, authorities said. Law enforcement used stop sticks to stop the Cadillac and took Deaton into custody on a rural county road in Ellsworth County, Kansas.